Monday, February 02, 2026

2026.Book5 - Tongues of Serpents (Novik)

 A bit slow in the middle, but a big finish.

Saturday, January 17, 2026

2026.Book4 - Victory of Eagles (Novik)

 Another solid temeraire novel

Monday, January 12, 2026

2026.Book3 - The Turn of the Screw (Miller)

 Pretty good. Kept waiting for something to happen, but maybe nothing is the point?

Saturday, January 03, 2026

2026.Book2 - The Other End of the Line (Camilleri)

 Better than average montalbano 

2026.Book1 - Mr P.C. (Palmer)

 Interesting biography. Reads like a thesis, comments on every tune not all useful.

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

2025.Book45 - Empire of Ivory (Novik)

 Back on the basement bike, so I picked this up again. Very good as usual. Interested to see where the next story goes, cliffhanger-wise.

Sunday, December 28, 2025

2025.Book44 - In God We Trust (Shepherd)

 Memoir of an American small town boy. Has a tall tales vibe. Casual slurs don't age well but that was the time.

2025.Book43 - The Shadow of What Was Lost (Islington)

 Door stopper epic fantasy. So much plot. Too much of everything but enjoyable page to page

Saturday, December 06, 2025

2025.Book42 - The Incandescent (Tesh)

School novel about teachers. Social-class-aware. A lot of telling, not enough showing. Plot gives a great opportunity to explore self-delusion that author didn't take.

2025.Book41 - Katabasis (Kuang)

Enjoyable and good characters.